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San Francisco, California, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2024

Daylight

6:17 am – 7:57 pm
13 hours, 39 minutes

Current Time: Apr 27, 2024 at 1:16:40 pm
Sun Direction: 186° South
Sun Altitude: 66.3°
Sun Distance: 93.581 million mi
Next Solstice: Jun 20, 2024 1:50 pm (Summer)
Sunrise Today: 6:17 am 71° East
Sunset Today: 7:57 pm 289° West
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2024 Sun Graph for San Francisco

December 2024 — Sun in San Francisco

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2024Sunrise/SunsetDaylengthAstronomical TwilightNautical TwilightCivil TwilightSolar Noon
DecSunriseSunsetLengthDiff.StartEndStartEndStartEndTimeMil. mi
17:06 am (117°)4:50 pm (242°)9:43:57−1:075:33 am6:23 pm6:05 am5:52 pm6:37 am5:19 pm11:58 am (30.3°)91.653
27:07 am (118°)4:50 pm (242°)9:42:53−1:045:34 am6:23 pm6:06 am5:52 pm6:38 am5:19 pm11:59 am (30.1°)91.638
37:08 am (118°)4:50 pm (242°)9:41:51−1:015:35 am6:23 pm6:07 am5:52 pm6:39 am5:19 pm11:59 am (30.0°)91.624
47:09 am (118°)4:50 pm (242°)9:40:53−0:585:36 am6:23 pm6:07 am5:52 pm6:40 am5:19 pm12:00 pm (29.9°)91.610
57:10 am (118°)4:50 pm (242°)9:39:57−0:555:36 am6:24 pm6:08 am5:52 pm6:41 am5:19 pm12:00 pm (29.7°)91.596
67:11 am (118°)4:50 pm (242°)9:39:05−0:525:37 am6:24 pm6:09 am5:52 pm6:42 am5:19 pm12:01 pm (29.6°)91.583
77:12 am (118°)4:50 pm (241°)9:38:16−0:485:38 am6:24 pm6:10 am5:52 pm6:43 am5:19 pm12:01 pm (29.5°)91.570
87:13 am (119°)4:50 pm (241°)9:37:31−0:455:39 am6:24 pm6:11 am5:52 pm6:43 am5:19 pm12:01 pm (29.4°)91.557
97:13 am (119°)4:50 pm (241°)9:36:48−0:425:39 am6:24 pm6:11 am5:52 pm6:44 am5:19 pm12:02 pm (29.3°)91.545
107:14 am (119°)4:50 pm (241°)9:36:09−0:385:40 am6:24 pm6:12 am5:52 pm6:45 am5:20 pm12:02 pm (29.2°)91.533
117:15 am (119°)4:51 pm (241°)9:35:34−0:355:41 am6:25 pm6:13 am5:53 pm6:46 am5:20 pm12:03 pm (29.2°)91.522
127:16 am (119°)4:51 pm (241°)9:35:02−0:325:42 am6:25 pm6:13 am5:53 pm6:46 am5:20 pm12:03 pm (29.1°)91.511
137:16 am (119°)4:51 pm (241°)9:34:33−0:285:42 am6:25 pm6:14 am5:53 pm6:47 am5:20 pm12:04 pm (29.0°)91.501
147:17 am (119°)4:51 pm (241°)9:34:08−0:255:43 am6:25 pm6:15 am5:53 pm6:48 am5:21 pm12:04 pm (29.0°)91.492
157:18 am (119°)4:52 pm (241°)9:33:46−0:215:43 am6:26 pm6:15 am5:54 pm6:48 am5:21 pm12:05 pm (28.9°)91.483
167:18 am (119°)4:52 pm (241°)9:33:28−0:185:44 am6:26 pm6:16 am5:54 pm6:49 am5:21 pm12:05 pm (28.9°)91.474
177:19 am (119°)4:52 pm (241°)9:33:14−0:145:45 am6:27 pm6:17 am5:55 pm6:50 am5:22 pm12:06 pm (28.9°)91.467
187:20 am (119°)4:53 pm (241°)9:33:03−0:105:45 am6:27 pm6:17 am5:55 pm6:50 am5:22 pm12:06 pm (28.8°)91.459
197:20 am (119°)4:53 pm (241°)9:32:55−0:075:46 am6:27 pm6:18 am5:55 pm6:51 am5:23 pm12:07 pm (28.8°)91.453
207:21 am (119°)4:54 pm (241°)9:32:51−0:035:46 am6:28 pm6:18 am5:56 pm6:51 am5:23 pm12:07 pm (28.8°)91.447
217:21 am (119°)4:54 pm (241°)9:32:51< 1s5:47 am6:28 pm6:19 am5:56 pm6:52 am5:23 pm12:08 pm (28.8°)91.441
227:22 am (119°)4:55 pm (241°)9:32:55+0:035:47 am6:29 pm6:19 am5:57 pm6:52 am5:24 pm12:08 pm (28.8°)91.436
237:22 am (119°)4:55 pm (241°)9:33:02+0:075:48 am6:30 pm6:20 am5:58 pm6:53 am5:25 pm12:09 pm (28.8°)91.431
247:23 am (119°)4:56 pm (241°)9:33:12+0:105:48 am6:30 pm6:20 am5:58 pm6:53 am5:25 pm12:09 pm (28.9°)91.427
257:23 am (119°)4:56 pm (241°)9:33:27+0:145:49 am6:31 pm6:21 am5:59 pm6:54 am5:26 pm12:10 pm (28.9°)91.423
267:23 am (119°)4:57 pm (241°)9:33:45+0:175:49 am6:31 pm6:21 am5:59 pm6:54 am5:26 pm12:10 pm (28.9°)91.420
277:24 am (119°)4:58 pm (241°)9:34:06+0:215:49 am6:32 pm6:21 am6:00 pm6:54 am5:27 pm12:11 pm (29.0°)91.417
287:24 am (119°)4:58 pm (241°)9:34:31+0:245:50 am6:33 pm6:22 am6:01 pm6:55 am5:28 pm12:11 pm (29.0°)91.414
297:24 am (119°)4:59 pm (241°)9:34:59+0:285:50 am6:33 pm6:22 am6:01 pm6:55 am5:28 pm12:12 pm (29.1°)91.412
307:24 am (119°)5:00 pm (241°)9:35:31+0:315:50 am6:34 pm6:22 am6:02 pm6:55 am5:29 pm12:12 pm (29.2°)91.410
317:25 am (119°)5:01 pm (241°)9:36:07+0:355:51 am6:35 pm6:22 am6:03 pm6:55 am5:30 pm12:13 pm (29.2°)91.409
* All times are local time for San Francisco. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in San Francisco is at 1:20 am on Saturday, December 21, 2024. In terms of daylight, this day is 5 hours, 14 minutes shorter than the June solstice. In most locations north of the equator, the shortest day of the year is around this date.

The earliest sunset is on December 5 or December 6.

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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